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State Heroes Total: 4279

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World War II (WWII)

1945

Private First Class Edward F. Hanley

Page, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: Fourth Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron

Date of Loss: March 30, 1945 / Age: 27

Killed in action near the Netherlands.

1945

Private First Class Wallace J. Gillespie

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 38th Infantry

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 2nd Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 30, 1945 / Age: 24

Killed in action in Germany

1945

Private Leroy B. Hauge

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 29, 1945 / Age: 26

Killed in action in Luzon, Philippine Islands

1945

Staff Sergeant Gerhard R. Lund

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 194th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 17th Airborne Division

Date of Loss: March 28, 1945 / Age: 21

Killed in action in Germany

1945

Radioman First Class Glenn R. Ramsey

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Navy

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent: United States Naval Reserve

Date of Loss: March 27, 1945 / Age:

Died while in MIA status.

1945

Private Donat J. Du Bord

Pleasant Township, ND

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 328th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 26th Infantry Division

Date of Loss: March 27, 1945 / Age: 22

Killed in action near France.

1945

Flight Officer James G. Melarvie

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 27, 1945 / Age: 22

Died in service in France

1945

Staff Sergeant Oscar E. Christianson

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 188th Field Artillery Division

Date of Loss: March 27, 1945 / Age: 27

Killed in action in Altenckirchen, Germany

1945

Private First Class Francis J. Mozinski

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Date of Loss: March 26, 1945 / Age: 20

Killed in action in Zamami Shima, Ryukyu Islands

1945

Second Lieutenant Pius G. Kuntz

World War II (WWII)

Branch of Service: Army

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent: 392nd AAF Fighter Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade: 367th fighter group

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent: 9th Air Force

Date of Loss: March 26, 1945 / Age: 24

On 25 March 1945, flying a P-47D Thunderbolt fighter, Pius was on a dive bombing mission, the target was in Aschaffenburg. He was shot down near Dettingen Germany by enemy flak. The Kuntz family requested the body be returned to North Dakota.